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INDEX 



Taylor, Sedley, W. s acquaintance with, 

 Taylor and Fillmore campaign of 1848, i. 



Telegraphic work done by Ezra Cornell, i. 

 310 



Telephone, exhibit of, at the Centennial 

 Exposition of 1876, i. 511 



Temperance question in America and 

 abroad, i. 516-521, ii. 451 



Tennyson, reminiscences of, by James T. 

 Fields, ii. 382 ; his fear of being stared 

 at, ii. 459 



Tetuan, Duke of, Spanish delegate to the 

 Peace Conference, ii. 264 



Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, W. s 

 meeting with, ii. 435 



Thacher, Thomas A., professor at Yale 

 University, i. 354 



Thayer, Alexander, the biographer of 

 Beethoven, i. 40 



Theater in Germany, ii. 226-228 



Thiergarten at Berlin, the renovation of, 

 ii. 230 



Thiers, Louis Adolphe, W. s estimate of,i. 

 523, 578; Bismarck s opinion of, i. 578, 

 579; Louis Blanc s opinion of, i. 578 



Thomson, William (Lord Kelvin), i. 560 



Throndheim Cathedral, ii. 451 



Ticknor, George, W. s acquaintance with, 

 ii. 380 



Tilden, Samuel J., W. s acquaintance with, 

 i. 174 



&quot; Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too,&quot; a campaign 

 song, i. 47, 49 



Tolstoi, Leo, Pobedonostzeft s feelings 

 toward, ii. 61 ; W. s visit with, ii. 72-100 ; 

 arrangement of his household, ii. 72, 73 ; 

 his views of Quakers, ii. 74 ; of Russian 

 thought, ii. 75 ; of the Jews, ii. 77 ; his 

 relations with the imperial govern 

 ment, ii. 78 ; his love for pictures, ii. 78- 

 81; his views of French literature, of 

 American literature, ii. 81-83, 93; his 

 almsgiving, ii. 83, 95 ; his views of relig 

 ion, ii. 86, 90 ; of woman, ii. 88 ; his man 

 ual labor, ii. 95 ; his view of Napoleon, 

 ii. 95; W. s estimate of,ii. 96, 99; his lim 

 itations, ii. 85, 96-100 ; his great qualities, 

 ii. 96, 98 



Townshend, Meredith, his knowledge of 

 American affairs, i. 530 



Treitschke, Heinrich Gotthard von, deaf 

 ness Of, i. 559 



Tresca, director of the French National 

 Conservatory of Arts and Trades, i. 513 



Tricoupis, prime minister of Greece, W. s 

 talk with, ii. 439 



Trinity College, Cambridge. &quot; audit din 

 ner &quot; at, ii. 407 



Trinity College, Hartford, effort of W. s 

 father to place his son at, i. 25 



&quot;True Conduct of Student Life,&quot; an ad 

 dress by W. at Cornell University, i. 244 



Tschaikovsky, death of, from cholera, ii. 

 54 



Tweed, William M., and New York poli 

 tics, i. 168, 174 ; &quot; New York Times &quot; ex 

 posure of, i. 199 



Twining, Kinsley, journalist, of the Yale 

 class of 1853, i. 254 



Tyler, John, his unpopularity with the 

 Whig party, i. 52 



Tyler, Moses Coit, as professor at Cor 

 nell, i. 383 



Universities 

 Instruction bearing on public affairs 



proposed, ii. 493 

 Literature courses, W. s criticism of, i. 



Readerships in English literature sug 

 gested by W., i. 428, 429 

 Relations between teachers and stu 

 dents, in England, ii. 400 

 Scholarships and fellowships awarded 

 by competitive examination versus 

 general gratuitous instruction, i. 391- 

 395 



Shortcomings of American university 



teaching and the better systems in 



foreign universities, i. 255, 256, 272, 291, 



318 



University of Chicago and its work, ii. 



449 



University of Michigan, W. elected pro 

 fessor at, i. 42, 82, 83, 257 ; students enlist 

 for the war, i. 90, 283 ; military drill, i. 

 91; W. s historical teaching, i. 257-265; 

 unsectarian, with optional courses of in 

 struction, i. 272, 276, 292 ; Dr. Tappan and 

 his professors, i. 272-281 ; Frieze memo 

 rial organ, i. 274 ; Dr. Tappan and the 

 stealing of the college bell, i. 277 ; oppo 

 sition of smaller colleges, i. 279; W. s 

 work in adorning the campus, i. 282; 

 resignation of Dr. Tappan as president, 

 i. 280 ; results of coeducation, i. 400 

 University of Virginia, character of build 

 ings, ii. 129, 448 



Upsala, W. s visit to university and cathe 

 dral at, ii. 450 



Van Buren, John D., i. 48, 59 ; on committee 

 which investigated Cornell University, 

 i.322 



Van Buren, Martin, financial conditions 

 during the term of, i. 47 ; campaign song 

 concerning, i. 48 ; commendation of M. 

 de Bacourt, i. 49 ; &quot; gold spoons&quot; in use 

 at the White House, i. 51 ; creation of 

 the &quot;Sub-Treasury,&quot; i. 51; Free Soil 

 party s candidate for President in 1848, 

 i. 56, 57 ; campaign story concerning, i. 

 58 



Van Stoetwegen, Dutch representative 

 at St. Petersburg, his views regarding 

 peace in Europe, ii. 23 



Venezuela Boundary Commission, rea 

 sons for the appointment of, ii. 117, 118; 

 members of, ii. 119 ; first sessions, ii. 119 ; 

 study of historical side by George Lin 

 coln Burr, ii. 120-122 ; discreditable fea 

 tures of the British Blue Books, ii. 121 ; 

 distribution of duties in the commis 

 sion, ii. 122 ; boundary line accepted by 

 Lord Aberdeen, ii. 122, 123 ; attitude of 

 Lord Salisbury, ii. 118, 123 ; award of the 

 Arbitration Tribunal at Paris, ii. 124 



Venezuela revolution, conduct of the Ger 

 man Government toward, ii. 246 



Victoria (Empress Frederick), death of, 

 ii. 194 ; her conversations, ii. 195 



Villari, Pasquale, W. s acquaintance with, 

 i. 569, ii. 415 



Virchow, Rudolf, W. s acquaintance with, 

 ii. 5 



Vladimir, Grand Duke, ii. 12 



Vodka, the Russian s favorite drink, i. 461 



Vogue, Vicomte de, his knowledge of 

 Russia, ii. 5 



Wade, Benjamin F., a member of the 

 Santo Domingo commission in 1871, i. 

 484, 489, 506 



Wagner, Joanna, leading singer at the 

 Berlin Opera, i. 40 



Wagner, Richard, his music first heard 

 by W. at the Liebig concerts in Berlin, 

 i. 40 



Wahl, General von. prefect of St. Peters 

 burg, ii. 37, 42 



